... article on the Supreme Court's decision yesterday in the Vasquez case. An excerpt: Attorney Michael Rubin of Altshuler Berzon in San Francisco ... said the opinion eliminates any potential confusion about when attorneys can collect fees. "This ruling is consistent ... had also weighed in on the state's side. The office was in the unique position of wanting to see public-interest lawyers get compensated for their work but also having to defend the state against such litigation. Although the court ...
November 21, 2008 05:41 pm
... in Caltrain crashes. If you or a loved one has been involved an accident with Caltrans, please contact a lawyer for free at 1-800-ALAWPRO or visit us online at www.alawpro.com. The three recent Caltrain collisions have all occurred in San Mateo County. Authorities stated that the Mountain View victim who died most recently was crossing the tracks in a marked "no trespassing" zone. He was in critical condition ...
November 21, 2008 05:13 pm

The Office: Frame Toby

(Manpower Employment Blawg)
... enhance your viewing experience, each week I provide a critique of the action from an employment lawyer's perspective. Here's this week's review . . . Episode Title: "Frame ... workplace. At this point, though, only one state (Michigan) and a few municipalities (San Francisco and Washington, D.C.) forbid it. Because neither Pennsylvania nor ... here. Join us in two weeks (The Office is on vacation over Thanksgiving) for our lawyerly look at Episode #9, entitled "The Surplus." Here's NBC's official ...
November 21, 2008 08:51 am

JD Supra Launches Facebook App

(Connie Crosby Law Librarian Blog)
When I was in California for the Internet Librarian conference in October, I was fortunate to also head to San Francisco and meet with some of the folks from legal documents sharing service JD Supra. They hinted that some new developments were just around the ... (again I have snagged Steve's): I can't wait to try it out over the weekend! If you are in a law firm, are a lawyer, or work with a law-related organization, I encourage you to have a look at JD Supra. It is a way to share your expertise ...
November 21, 2008 08:46 am
... a Toyota Camry sustained severe head injuries after getting hit by a Caltrain in San Jose. The victim was driving across train tracks south of Blossom Hill station. ... you been involved in a Cal Train accident in San Jose? Then please call 1-800-ALAWPRO now to speak with a lawyer at no cost. As Peninsula drivers know, ... when trains are coming on the track. The woman remains in critical condition at Regional Medical Center in San Jose. The accident occurred at 6:50am. The train was going 65-70 mph, ...
November 21, 2008 06:08 am

To e-verify or not to e-verify, that is the question

(California Immigration Lawyer Blog)
/**/ At our recent conference of Immigration lawyers in San Francisco last weekend, we heard several presentations about e-verify. I came away from the conference thinking that whether or not to register for e-verify is a Shakespearean quandary. E-verify is an internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security in cooperation with the Social Security Administration that permits participating employers to electronically ...
November 21, 2008 04:45 am

Nine CA lawyers among 30 new partners at Latham & Watkins

(The National Law Journal's L.A. Legal Pad)
... . <p>Press Release: LATHAM & WATKINS ELECTS 30 NEW PARTNERS</p> San Diego Steven Chinowsky is a corporate attorney whose practice focuses on high technology, life science and intellectual property ... and general commercial litigation. He received a JD from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2000. San Francisco Matthew Harrison is a litigator with a focus on securities and professional liability litigation, including accountants' liability, securities class ...
November 20, 2008 04:37 pm
... who "unlawfully posted false, misleading and defamatory comments regarding" the Park Merced and Larkspur Shores apartments in San Francisco and Larkspur, respectively, on www.apartmentratings.com, part of the fast-growing Web 2.0 industry of unfiltered consumer review sites ... tenants, but were employees, agents, etc. of competing apartment house communities. "On information and belief." That's often lawyer language for "I got no idea whether it's true or not, but let's do some discovery and see ...
November 20, 2008 02:00 pm
By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com 19 November 2008 Hospitality Lawyer with updated thoughts from the latest commercial real estate finance program in San Francisco. Many of my friends in the hotel industry are in denial. Others are consumed with the daily drama of the unfolding financial panic. I am excited that we are about to see some of the greatest financial ...
November 20, 2008 06:05 am
... he understood what he was doing and was represented by effective counsel. The appeal was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. Perhaps Reiser is a little peeved that he turned down a pretrial deal ... wasn't even made to a California appellate court. Reiser called his lawyer delusional and claimed he picked jurors based on Chinese astrology. "It is a logical ... Cops to Nina's Body In Note to Judge, Hans Reiser Asks for New Lawyer Hans Reiser Turns Up 'Geek Defense' to 11 Hans Reiser Stumbles ...
November 20, 2008 01:31 am
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area has picked a new executive director. And in a departure from its (at least recent) history, the chosen one is not a lawyer. Lateefah Simon (bio, .pdf), who had been the longtime executive director of the local Center for Young Women's Development before joining the staff at the San Francisco DA's office in 2005, will take the helm of the 40- ...
November 19, 2008 11:33 pm

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA BRIDGE ACCIDENT LAWYERS

(San Francisco Injury Lawyer Blog)
... 7 bridges used in packed daily commutes around town: the Golden Gate Bridge, San-Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge (aka The Bay Bridge), Dumbarton Bridge, Carquinez Bridge, ... 2 levels Users: Motor Vehicles Toll: Yes (westbound) Dumbarton Bridge Location: San Francisco Bay, spanning Fremont to Menlo Park Highway Connection: part of State Route ... : 6 lanes Users: Motor Vehicles, Bikes, Pedestrians Toll: Yes (westbound) San Mateo - Hayward Bridge Location: SF Bay, from the Peninsula (Foster City) to East Bay ...
November 19, 2008 06:56 pm

Former Thelen antitrust and bankruptcy heavy hitters join Winston

(The National Law Journal's L.A. Legal Pad)
Antitrust litigator Robert Pringle and bankruptcy partner Richard Lapping are some of the headliners in a group of 19 lawyers that is joining the Chicago-based Winston & Strawn. Large groups of lawyers have found new homes ... -command in Thelen's antitrust group, and Jonathan Howden, will also be joining Winston along with some associates. Lapping was the San Francisco managing partner for Thelen and will be bringing over an associate who works in his bankruptcy practice. Read the full Recorder ...
November 19, 2008 06:33 pm
... effort to rename the Oceanside Sewage Plant after President G.W. Bush. Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, a lawyer who interned with John F. Kerry's legal team during the Presidential election in 2004, took offense to the San Francisco effort and wrote The Treatment of ... principle that "In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence." Are the good people of San Francisco really asking the question; Were you smart enough for the job? Is a person who butcher's the ...
November 19, 2008 09:15 am
... Purchase Preferred Stock w/Warrants $16,369,000 at Par 11/14/2008, UCBH Holdings, Inc., San Francisco CA: Purchase Preferred Stock w/Warrants $298,737,000 at Par 11/14/2008, Northern Trust Corporation, Chicago IL: Purchase Preferred Stock w/Warrants $1, ... New York Times, Nov. 19, 2008, at B1 ("More companies that file for bankruptcy protection are shutting down, lawyers say, because they cannot obtain enough financing to operate while they reorganize." Id.). Where creditors ...
November 18, 2008 08:16 pm
... separate SF incidents, families of men who were killed sued the city for wrongful death. San Fran's Board of Supervisors approved compensation to the families totaling over $1.8 ... the victim's family claimed that the man received "misdiagnosis and improper care" from San Francisco General Hospital. He died a month after the accident. The other settled case ... (1-800-252-9776) and receive a free and confidential interview with a lawyer, and let us help you through this difficult time. Please contact us ...
November 18, 2008 07:48 pm
What's the cure for Google messing with your law firm's name? A lawsuit of course. The dispute is over Google search results for a San Francisco firm named Global Law, LLP. In spite of the grandiose name, you may actually not have heard of Global Law, LLP, which consists of two lawyers, Michael Powlen and Ingred Berger. Its Web site also features a convenient pay by credit card or PayPal page. The problems began with Google ...
November 18, 2008 10:00 am
... The firm, which ranked 64 on the 2008 AmLaw 100, is adding some 90 lawyers from Thelen in the United States, following about 25 through a September merger in Paris. Its leaders also ... . partners rotating in and out. A paralegal and some staff are coming with him, San Francisco partner Dan Deshon said today. Deshon, one of the three rotating partners ... Recruits fall into two categories, he said. Some, like Wininger, are lawyers who have moved to China and been on the ground for some time. Others come ...
November 18, 2008 01:19 am
... .S. attorney's office from a trade secrets case. Patel denied a request by San Francisco solo Steven Gruel to boot the whole office off the prosecution of David ... Department of Justice had already recused all but one of the office's lawyers, leaving as the last man standing Assistant USA Kyle Waldinger, who was allowed to report ... Mr. Russoniello is sitting down there in the corner office." But Schools, who flew to San Francisco from Washington to argue the motion, said the manual doesn't create any ...
November 17, 2008 10:20 pm

Alternative energy growth seen as a boon in bad economic times

(The National Law Journal's L.A. Legal Pad)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has plans to move many of its energy lawyers into its existing San Francisco office for the purposes of helping its large utility clients get into some of the renewable energy developments taking place in California. And they're not the only ones seeing the "green rush" as a balm in this severe economic downturn, as many other firms plan on taking advantage of alternative energy ...
November 17, 2008 06:15 pm
 
 

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